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GUALTI
( 041 520 17 31;
www.gualti.it
;
Rio Terà Canal 3111; 10am-7.30pm Mon-Sat; Ca' Rezzonico)
Either a
shooting star just landed on your shoulder, or you've been to Gualti, where iridescent or-
ange glass bursts from clear resin stems on a supernova brooch. Pleated-silk evening
wraps unfurl like jellyfish tendrils, and mirrored sea-urchin cocktail rings evoke an under-
water disco. One-off designs start at €45.
JEWELLERY, ACCESSORIES
ANTIQUARIATO CLAUDIA CANESTRELLI
MAP
ANTIQUES, JEWELLERY
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( 340 577 60 89; Campiello Barbaro 364a; 10.30am-1pm & 3-5pm Mon & Wed-Sat, 10.30am-1pm Tue;
Salute)
Hand-coloured lithographs of fanciful lagoon fish and 19th-century miniatures of
cats dressed as generals are charming souvenirs of Venice's past in this walk-in curio cab-
inet. Collector-artisan Claudia Canestrelli is bringing back bygone elegance with her re-
purposed antique earrings, including free-form baroque pearls dangling from tiny silver
pigs.
AQUA ALTRA
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HOME & GARDEN
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( 041 521 12 59;
www.aquaaltra.it
; Campo Santa Margherita 2898; 9.30am-12.30pm & 4-7.30pm Tue-Sat,
4-7.30pm Mon; Ca' Rezzonico)
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Globally oriented but with Italian tastes firmly in mind,
this volunteer-run fair-trade co-op sells single-origin drinking chocolate from Sierra
Leone growers' collectives, anti-aging argan-nut oil from Moroccan women's cooperat-
ives, and match-standard footballs made by a Pakistani cooperative.
CA' MACANA
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MASKS, COSTUMES
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(
041 277 61 42;
www.camacana.com
; Calle delle Botteghe 3172; mask-making workshops from €60;
10am-6.30pm Sun-Fri, 10am-8pm Sat, mask-making workshops 11am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Fri; Ca' Rezzonico)
Glimpse the talents behind the Venetian Carnevale masks that so impressed Stanley
Kubrick, he ordered several for his final film
Eyes Wide Shut
. Choose your papier-mâché
persona from the selection of coquettish courtesan's eye-shades, chequered Casanova dis-
guises and long-nosed plague doctors' masks - or invent your own alter ego at Ca'
Macana's one- to two-hour
mask-making workshops
for individuals and families.
SIGNOR BLOOM
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ARTISANAL, TOYS
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